Max Hastings, Columnist

America’s Spies Are Losing Their Edge

New technologies and a lack of patriotism in Silicon Valley are leveling the playing field for Russia and China.

April 30, 2023 at 12:00 AM EDT

By Max Hastings

Max Hastings is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is author, most recently, of “The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962.”

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What a month this has been for secrets! Or rather, for no-longer-secrets. Ukraine is not winning its war, thinks the US military. Egypt planned to send rockets to Russia. Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries tried to buy arms from Turkey through Mali. The US has penetrated Russian intelligence services.

These are just a few of the delicious tidbits allegedly exposed by 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, apparently from a Pentagon treasure trove.

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